Everything You Need to Know About Tesla’s New 4680 Battery Cell(cleantechnica.com) |
Everything You Need to Know About Tesla’s New 4680 Battery Cell(cleantechnica.com) |
> For example, in a cylindrical battery, the cathode and anode are wound tightly around one another. In a conventional battery, a "tab" sticks out of each side of this roll—one connecting the coiled cathode sheet to one end of the cell, the other connecting the anode to the opposite end. Tesla says it has pioneered a new "tabless" internal structure that is not only less prone to overheating, but is also easier to manufacture. Eliminating the tabs means there's less need to start and stop the manufacturing process to make sure the tabs are properly positioned in each coil.
[1] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2020/09/how-tesla-plans-to-make...
So the new cell is about five and a half times bigger.